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My interview was with the Adcom. 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why this is the right time for you to do an MBA? 3) Why Imperial MBA? 4) Short term goal & long term goal. 5) TMAT you dealt with a challenging situation in the team. 6) Tell me about your leadership style. 7) TMAT when you faced a failure and what you've learned from it. Ending with if you have any question. The interview lasted about 30 minutes.

My interview was with a career consultant. Overall experience was very pleasant. - Why this is the right time for you to do an MBA? - Why Imperial MBA? - Which modules you plan to focus on? - Short term goals - What you plan to do between now and MBA? - Do you have a back-up plan - TMAT you dealt with a difficult behaviour in a team - Key things you've learned about leadership - TMAT you made a mistake and what you've learned from it Followed by my questions.

I had my interview with Margaret O'Neill, an external MBA admission consultant. She was very lovely and nice. The interview was very conversational and focused on my story/career progression. I would say it's a culture fit check rather than a knowledge check. - Tell me about yourself (She told me she has read my CV only. She didn’t get my essay from the ad comm, so she will need to ask a lot of questions to understand more about me.) - Why did you switch industries? (I switched industries twice) - From what you mentioned, you get job opportunities from referral often. What is the quality that sets you apart and makes people constantly want to refer you to their company? (I mentioned that I got job offers from a referral from my ex-colleague and ex-clients.) - Short-term career goal - Which locations and why? - Long-term career goal - Why MBA? - Why Now? - Why Imperial? - What is your plan B, if your career doesn’t work out the way you want? - Describe your leadership style - If you have to work with or lead an inefficient team members, what would you do? - Tell me about a time you fail - Is there anything you really need to work on or still lacking coming in to the Imperial MBA? How would you develop these areas while studying in the program? - Anything you want to ask. (She said she is an external consultant and couldn’t provide any specific details about the program since the beginning of the interview. So, I didn’t ask any questions but told her that I will contact the adcom directly.) The interview lasted for exactly 30 minutes.

Interviewed with the head of adcom via Zoom (he was 12 minutes late I thought I was confused by the time zone and almost had a heart attack) -Why MBA Why now and why Imperial? (didn't ask me to "tell me about yourself" at all) -team work questions, what you like the most about team work and what are the challenges and how you address conflict -moment you demonstrated leadership -navigating challenges -failure -on a scale of 1-10 how achievable are your goals -things you will do now and during the program -the challenge the industry is facing -the best recent invention within your industry -how do you keep up with the general business -questions for him There were more questions but these are the highlights and the ones that I remember the most. He asked a lot more and some of the questions were flowing from the conversation but some clearly were pre-written and he needed to ask all of them. The interview was somewhat conversational and he was pretty easy to talk to. Scheduled for 30 but went on for 45.

Done with the interview. there were a lot of questions. In summary, it was a good experience. some of the questions were: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA, Why now 3. What are the Post MBA plans 4. Post MBA Plan B 5. Challenges in your industry 6. What are Post COVID industry 7. Your experience of Innovation 8. How will you handle conflict in your team 9. Most challenging situation 10. Failures and what you earned form them

I believe that the first two are something about goals after mba. And I also remember that the last question, which is pretty unique, asking about in case you miss your first goal after MBA (since in previous question I've to talk something about goals after MBA), what is your second plan?

Final Decision: Received conditional offer ( GMAT retake) Date: Feb 24,2020 Total time ; JST 1830 - 1905 Interviewer: Ms.Hannah Daniels REAL INTERVIEW : why MBA why now? what else experience you need to get in VC and what position you are looking for? what is Plan B? what do you think could be the biggest challenge for achieving this goal What do you bring into the class ( experience)? if you are in a study group not meeting the deadline,, how do you tackle this situation? What kind of Leader you are? what do you think - the name of the attribute of a leader? what else? Which business leader you admire? Why? If your leader change today, what strategic approach you will take? What is the greatest innovation in the last 10 years? How do you stay updated in recent news and topics? What caught your attention these days ?? what topic? You did GRE and your score is a bit low? Are you retaking GRE? How much quant experience you have ? how much you use quant experience in your day to day job? Like budgeting, forecasting or analyzing? What would be the biggest challenge for you during the program? Do you have any questions for me? She was very cold at the beginning but at the end, she smiled and supported me with all the answers. Best of luck to all

The interviewer was very nice and made you comfortable. She introduced herself first and then started asking questions. The questions mentioned below are paraphrased based on what I remember. The interview lasted about 40-45 minutes. Tell me about yourself and your experience so far. What do you think is holding you back from achieving your current post MBA goal? What steps would you take to fill that gap? X is a very competitive domain with many eligible candidates applying for a job. What sets you apart? What would be the biggest challenge for you during the program? What has been the most rewarding experience in your current job? If your supervisor left suddenly, what strategic changes would you make? What kind of leader are you? Tell me about a time where you had to solve a conflict within your team. What qualities do you think your cohort should have? How would you engage with the alumni network? What do you think has been the most important innovation in the past 10 years? What is a recent business topic that you have been following? How do you stay updated on the current events? Any questions for me?

Just finished with my interview. The interview was conducted through Zoom call and lasted about 40 mins. Following questions were asked. 1. In your current position what are your responsibilities? 2. Why MBA? 3. What would be your contribution to the class? 3. Regarding post MBA goals- what research have you done? 4. What is your plan B? 5. How did you prepare for GMAT? 6. If any of your classmates with whom you are collaborating not putting the effort to finish the task how would you handle the situation? 7. If tomorrow you are asked to replace your supervisor what changes you will make in 1st 100 days? 8. What current business topic you are following right now? At the end asked whether I have any questions to ask? Overall the interview was smooth. No hard ball question. I was interviewed by a Senior Programme Manager and she was nice. Hope this help. All the best to future applicants.

I finished my interview 30mins back and went really well in my opinion. My interviewer was Crystal, very nice lady. Questions asked were pretty much straight forward: - why MBA, - why Imperial, - What unique attribute do you bring to the class etc. No tricky questions